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Biological correlates of HIV-1 heterosexual transmission
(2003-11-24)
HIV-1 infection is a sexually transmitted disease but HIV transmission efficiency by sexual contacts appears to be highly variable; this is probably due to the influence that several behavioural, clinical and biological ...
Acute and early chronic responses to resistance exercise using flywheel or weights
(2008-05-15)
Weight training typically offers constant external load during coupled shortening (concentric) and lengthening (eccentric) muscle actions in sets of consecutive repetitions until failure. However, skeletal muscle inherently ...
Early-life metal exposure and child growth and development
(2022-05-24)
Cadmium, lead and arsenic are toxic metals, the exposure to which occurs primarily through food and drinking water. While many studies are available about their health effects in adults, studies in children and adolescents ...
Toxic metals, essential micronutrients, gestational thyroid hormones, and size at birth
(2022-05-09)
The toxicity of the metals cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and methylmercury [MeHg; an organic and very toxic form of mercury (Hg)] in adults have long been recognized. It is also well-established that early-life exposure to Pb ...
Early-life selenium status and cognitive development
(2018-11-12)
Selenium is an essential element that is found in food sources such as meat, fish, and cereals. The essentiality of selenium was demonstrated in the 1950s, and the interest in its health effects has been growing ever since. ...
The role of VEGF family in angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis
(2014-11-17)
Tumor growth is dependent on angiogenesis, and cells in tumor tissues produce various angiogenic factors to induce neovascularization. Among tumor-derived angiogenic factors,
members of the vascular endothelial growth ...